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And virtue, like the fun on high,
Gives rays to ev'ry grace.
So charming is her air,
So fmooth, fo cahifi her mind.
That to fome angel's care
Each motion feems aflign'd :
But yet fo chearful, fprightJy, gay,
The joyful moments fly,
As if for wings they flole the ray
She darteth from her eye.
Kind am'rous 6'«/>/Wx, while
With 'tuneful voice flie lings,
Perfume her breath, and fmile.
And wave y our balmy wings :
But as the tender blufiies rife,
Soft innocence doth warm.
The foul in Wifsful exftafies
Diflblveth in the charm. D.
Muirland Willie.
HARKEN, and I will tell you ho\r
Young muirland JVilHe came to woo,
Tho' he could neither fay nor do,
The truth I tell to you.
But ay he cries, whatever betide,
Maggy, I'fe ha'e her to be my bride,
WiihafaldaK &c,
On his grey yade as as he did ride,
With durk and piftol by his lide.
He prick'd her on wi' meikle pride,
Wi' meikle mirth and glee.
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And virtue, like the fun on high,
Gives rays to ev'ry grace.
So charming is her air,
So fmooth, fo cahifi her mind.
That to fome angel's care
Each motion feems aflign'd :
But yet fo chearful, fprightJy, gay,
The joyful moments fly,
As if for wings they flole the ray
She darteth from her eye.
Kind am'rous 6'«/>/Wx, while
With 'tuneful voice flie lings,
Perfume her breath, and fmile.
And wave y our balmy wings :
But as the tender blufiies rife,
Soft innocence doth warm.
The foul in Wifsful exftafies
Diflblveth in the charm. D.
Muirland Willie.
HARKEN, and I will tell you ho\r
Young muirland JVilHe came to woo,
Tho' he could neither fay nor do,
The truth I tell to you.
But ay he cries, whatever betide,
Maggy, I'fe ha'e her to be my bride,
WiihafaldaK &c,
On his grey yade as as he did ride,
With durk and piftol by his lide.
He prick'd her on wi' meikle pride,
Wi' meikle mirth and glee.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Charmer > Volume 1 > (206) Page 202 - Harken, and I will tell you how |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87772055 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.43 |
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| Description | A choice collection of songs, Scots and English. 2nd edition. 2 volumes. Edinburgh, 1751-1752. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.43-43a |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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